Insight

In the course of some 30 years of experience with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations system, I have often wondered what reforms should be adopted to achieve still better global governance and democratic cooperation among peoples and nations for the benefit of all.

In the course of some 30 years of experience with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations system, I have often wondered what reforms should be adopted to achieve still better global governance and democratic cooperation among peoples and nations for the benefit of all.

In some national jurisdictions, Switzerland for example, the law makes a distinction between (1) a leaker who leaks legitimate banking and business information, and (2) a leaker who blows the whistle on fraud and other criminal activity. The first category serves time; the second category enjoys well-earned praise.

In some national jurisdictions, Switzerland for example, the law makes a distinction between (1) a leaker who leaks legitimate banking and business information, and (2) a leaker who blows the whistle on fraud and other criminal activity. The first category serves time; the second category enjoys well-earned praise.

The backlash to the “New Golden Age” followed by a brush with the “Great Recession” led to the election and re-election of President Barack Obama and passage of the “Affordable Care Act” — emblematic of the 60 percent philosophical and political thinking of the framers of the U.S. Constitution and the creators of the New Deal for social democracy in America.

A central purpose of constitutional democratic government is, as the U.S. Constitution proclaims, “to promote the general welfare” of the American people. Some 40 percent of Americans don’t believe this and probably never did. The 60 percent believers have trouble keeping their game together, especially when economic times are good. But they are the true “originalists” in constitutional interpretation and practice.

The backlash to the “New Golden Age” followed by a brush with the “Great Recession” led to the election and re-election of President Barack Obama and passage of the “Affordable Care Act” — emblematic of the 60 percent philosophical and political thinking of the framers of the U.S. Constitution and the creators of the New Deal for social democracy in America.

A central purpose of constitutional democratic government is, as the U.S. Constitution proclaims, “to promote the general welfare” of the American people. Some 40 percent of Americans don’t believe this and probably never did. The 60 percent believers have trouble keeping their game together, especially when economic times are good. But they are the true “originalists” in constitutional interpretation and practice.

For many ordinary middle-class Americans it has come as something of a surprise to learn from recent business news reports that close to 40 percent of all stock trades on any given day now occur outside of official public exchanges such as the NYSE and the Nasdaq.

For many ordinary middle-class Americans it has come as something of a surprise to learn from recent business news reports that close to 40 percent of all stock trades on any given day now occur outside of official public exchanges such as the NYSE and the Nasdaq.